Monthly Archives: Bone Grafting

• Do I Need Bone Grafting?

  I’ve been reading a lot of dental websites to try and get a better smile. Yours has some good information. Here are my problems. I know my teeth are showing their age and will need to be whitened. I also have had a dental bridge since I was fifteen. I can see the area looks…

• Should I Switch Dentists in the Middle of My Implant Procedure?

  I was getting a crown replaced and also needed to get a tooth replaced. My dentist suggested that I get a dental implant after some bone grafting to fill in the missing bone structure.  I agreed. We went ahead with the procedure. Once the bone grafting was done, he provided me with a Maryland Bridge…

• Dental Implant Incompetence

  Can you help me? I had two dental implants placed. One of them felt loose to me. I went back to the dentist and he did an x-ray and said that the implant itself was fine. He felt it was just a matter of the dental crown being loose. He said that was easy to…

• Deformed and Missing Teeth

  I have a problem with both of my lateral incisors on my upper teeth. One of them is completely missing and never came in. The other is smaller than it should be. I want to fix this before I go to college. I have a dental flipper for the missing tooth area currently, but my…

• Did My Dentist Handle My Sinus Perforation Correctly?

  I had a dental implant placed. During the procedure, the dentist perforated the sinus cavity by a few millimeters, which he explained is quite common. The bone never quite filled in so he eventually ended up removing the implant. I was sedated during the procedure and no antibiotics were administered. A few days later I…

• Dental Implant Failure…again

  I went to my dentist for dental implants. He’s done quite a bit of them for other people so I felt fairly confident. When he went in for the first surgery, he ended up not giving me the dental implant because he said there was not enough bone structure to retain it. He suggested we…

• Should My Husband Get All-On-Four Dental Implants?

  My husband needs to replace his bottom teeth. His upper teeth have been gone for a while and he has dentures there. We were told that you shouldn’t do dentures on bottom teeth because they won’t stay in the way the top ones do. Our dentist said he needs to get all-on-4 dental implants. I…

• Dental Implants Keep Falling Out

  I have dentures and have for the last year. I thought I would adapt to them but really hated them. I finally decided nothing was going to change so I opted to get implant-supported dentures. I had six implants placed. In less than a week two of them have fallen out and I can tell…

• Implant Placed With Poor bone Density

  I need some advice about how to proceed. I went to a dentist about getting a dental implant. My dentist does not do them, so I looked for someone who advertised. We did a consultation, he took some x-rays, and said everything was fine. The day of the surgery, though, he told me when he…

• Is it Possible to Get Dental Implants after 30 Years?

  I’ve had dentures for around 30 years. I’ve never been crazy about them and always wanted to switch to dental implants. Now, I’m having trouble even keeping them in. I think this may be a perfect time to switch, but I don’t know if I waited too long. Is it still possible? If not, how…